Israel pauses attacks for 10 hours daily in Gaza

Aid could be seen being airdropped into parts of Gaza, as Israel said it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in areas to help starving Palestinians get fed.

This comes as Israel has been facing growing international criticism, which the government rejects, over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and indirect ceasefire talks in Doha between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have broken off with no deal in sight.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that while his country would continue to allow the entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza that:

"We will continue to fight, we will continue to act until we achieve all of our goals, until complete victory."

Israel has announced daily 10‑hour “tactical pauses” in military operations across three densely populated areas of Gaza—Gaza City, Deir al‑Balah, and Al‑Mawasi—from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, with secure aid delivery corridors open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., in response to mounting international criticism over rising starvation and blocked humanitarian access.

Simultaneously, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have resumed airdropping aid, delivering approximately 25 tonnes of food and supplies, though the World Food Programme stresses airdrops are no substitute for regular land-based deliveries, which remain severely constrained.

Despite these measures, the crisis in Gaza is worsening. Aid agencies report malnutrition-related deaths have reached 133 in July alone—most of them children—while hundreds more have perished seeking food at aid distribution sites, raising alarms over coordinated gunfire and deadly crowd conditions near U.S.- and Israeli-backed facilities.

The WFP reports that under 8% of its aid trucks are successfully reaching Gaza, citing long delays, blockages, and looting during transit, and warns that only scaled land access can meet the needs of a population exceeding 2 million.